Utility functions

1. ⇒ أسل

أَسُلَ, aor. ـُ{يَأْسُلُ}, (Ṣ, M, Ḳ,) inf. n. أَسَالَةٌ, (Ṣ, M, IAth,)It was smooth and even:(M:)it(anything)was lank:(Ṣ:)it(a cheek, M, IAth, Ḳ)was smooth and long:(M:) or long, or oblong, and not high in its ball:(IAth:) or long,(Ḳ, TA,)soft in make,(TA,)and lank.(Ḳ, TA.)أَسَالَةٌ in the cheek of a horse is approved, and is an indication of generous quality: you say, تُنْبِئُ أَسَالَةُ خَدِّهِ عَنْ أَصَالَةِ جَدِّهِ[The smoothness and longness,, &c., of his cheek tells of the generous origin of his ancestor]. (AO, Z.)

2. ⇒ أسّل

أسّل المَطَرَ, inf. n. تَأْسِيلٌ, The rain moistened to the measure of theأَسَلَة[or thin part]of the arm.(Ḳ.) When it has moistened to the measure of the عَظَمَة[or thick part] of the arm, you say of it عَظَّمَ, inf. n. تَعْظِيمٌ: one says, كَيفَ كَانَتْ مَطْرَتُكُمْ أَسَّلَتْ أَمْ عَظَّمَتْ[How was your rain? Did it moisten to the measure of the thin part of the arm, or did it moisten to the measure of the thick part thereof?]. (TA.) And أسّل الثَّرَى, (TA,) orأَسَلَ↓, (M, [so in a copy of that work, but probably a mistranscription,])The moisture reached to the measure of theأَسَلَة. (M, TA.)

5. ⇒ تأسّل

أَسَلٌ

أَسَلٌ[Rush, or rushes: so called in the present day:]a kind of trees:(Ṣ:) or [rather]a kind of plant,(M, Mgh, TA,)having shoots(M, Mgh)which are slender,(Mgh,)without leaves;(M, Mgh;) or of which the shoot is slender, and of which sieves are made; as is said in the A; and Ṣgh adds, [growing]in El-'Irák:(TA:) AḤn says, (TA,) accord. to Aboo-Ziyád, it is of the kind calledأَغْلَاث, and comes forth in slender shoots, not having branches growing out from them, nor wood,(M, TA,)and sometimes men beat them, and make of them well-ropes and other cords,(TA,)and it seldom or never grows but in a place wherein is water, or near to water:(M, TA:) AḤn says [also], it signifies shoots, or twigs, growing(M, Ḳ)long and slender and straight,(M,)without leaves; of which mats are made:(M, Ḳ:) or أَسَلَةٌ, (Ḳ,) which is the n. un. of أَسَلٌ applied to the plant mentioned above, (M, Ḳ,) signifies any shoot, or twig, in which is no crookedness.(Ḳ.)

Root: اسل - Entry: أَسَلٌ―Signification: A2

Hence, (M,) ‡ Spears;(Ṣ, M, Ḳ;) as being likened to the plant mentioned above, in respect of its evenness and length and straightness and the slenderness of its extremities: n. un. as above: (M:) and † arrows, or Arabian arrows; syn. نَبْلٌ; (M, Ḳ:) applied to both of these in a trad. of ʼOmar, which refutes an assertion that it is peculiarly applied to spears, or long spears, and not to نبل: (AʼObeyd, TA:) Sh says that it is applied to spears because of the points of the heads fixed upon them. (TA.)

Root: اسل - Entry: أَسَلٌ―Signification: A3

† Any thin thing of iron, such as a spear-head, and a sword, and a knife.(TA.)

Root: اسل - Entry: أَسَلٌ―Signification: A4

‡ The prickles of palm-trees:(M, Ḳ:) n. un. as above: (M:) by way of comparison [to the plant mentioned above]: (TA:) or any long thorns, or prickles, of a tree.(Ṣ.)

أَسَلَةٌ

Hence, by way of comparison, the significations here following from the Ḳ. (TA.)

Root: اسل - Entry: أَسَلَةٌ―Signification: A3

‡ Anything in which is no crookedness.(M.)

Root: اسل - Entry: أَسَلَةٌ―Signification: A4

‡ The thin part of a blade of iron, such as that of an arrow, &c.: (M, Ḳ:) and of the fore arm; (Ṣ, M, Ḳ;) i. e. the half thereof next the hand; the half next the elbow being called the عَظَمَة. (Ḳ in art. عظم.)

Root: اسل - Entry: أَسَلَةٌ―Signification: A5

‡ The thin part,, (Ṣ,) or extremity, or tip,(M, Ḳ,) of the tongue; (Ṣ, M, Ḳ;) the thick part thereof being called the عَظَمَة. (Ḳ in art. عظم.) One says, أَسَلَاتُ أَلْسِنَتِهِمْ أَمْضَى مِنْ أَسِنَّةِ أَسَلِهِمْ ‡ [The tips of their tongues are sharper than the heads of their spears]. (A, TA.)

Root: اسل - Entry: أَسَلَةٌ―Signification: A6

‡ The nervus,(Ḳ,) or the extremity thereof,(M,) of a camel. (M, Ḳ.)

Root: اسل - Entry: أَسَلَةٌ―Signification: A7

‡ The head,[or what we tern the toe, or foremost extremity, also called أَنْفٌ and ذُنَابَةٌ,] of a sandal; (M, Ḳ;)which is tapering.(M.)

أَسَلِيَّةٌ

أَسَلِيَّةٌ an epithet applied to the letters ز and س and ص because Pronounced with the tip of the tongue.(TA.)

أَسِيلٌ

أَسِيلٌSmooth and even:(M, Ḳ:) anything lank;(Ṣ, A;) syn. سَبْطٌ, (A,)[i. e.]مُسْتَرْسِلٌ: (Ṣ, A:) applied to a cheek, (AZ, Ḳ, TA,)[smooth and long: or long, or oblong, and not high in its ball: (see 1:) or]soft, tender, thin, and even:(AZ:) or long,(Ḳ, TA,)soft in make,(TA,)and lank.(Ḳ, TA.) You say رَجُلٌ أَسِيلُ الخَدِّA man having the cheek soft and long:(Ṣ:) and in like manner, فَرَسَa horse.(TA.) And كَفٌّ أَسِيلَةُ الأَصَابِعِA hand small and slender, and lank, or long, in the fingers.(TA.)

آسَالٌ

آسَالٌ a pl. having no sing.: (Ḳ:) mentioned by ISk as a word of which he had not heard any sing. (Ṣ.) You say, هُوَ عَلَى آسَالٍ مِنْ أَبِيهِ[in the CK, erroneously, اَسالٍ,]He is of a semblance and of characteristics and natural dispositions which are those of his father;(Ṣ, Ḳ;) like آسَانٍ. (Ṣ.)

مُؤَسَّلٌ

مُؤَسَّلٌ Anything sharpened, or pointed.(M, Ḳ.) You say أُذُنٌ مُؤَسَّلَةٌAn ear[of a horse or the like]slender, pointed, and erect.(M.)